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Migrant Worker Housing

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A migrant worker family stands in front of a parked vehicle and a cabin that serves as temporary housing in a Wautoma labor camp. Some of the children are not wearing shoes. The shirtless man with a towel around his neck is washing or shaving himself with water in a small basin beside him.This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-native David Giffey's series "Struggle for Justice," images from the migrant farm worker struggle including an independent organizing effort in Wisconsin and the nationwide grape boycott movement started by Cesar Chavez of United Farm Workers during the 1960s and 1970s. Many migrant farm laborers traveled from Texas to Wisconsin in search of seasonal field work.Vivienda para trabajadores emigrantesUna familia de trabajadores emigrantes está parada enfrente de un vehículo estacionado y una cabaña que sirve como vivienda temporal en el campo laboral en Wautoma. Algunos de los niños no traen zapatos. El hombre sin camisa, con una toalla alrededor de su cuello, está lavándose o rasurándose con agua del contenedor a su lado. Esta fotografía es parte de la serie "Lucha por la Justicia" tomada por David Giffey, originario de Wisconsin, las imágenes muestran la lucha de los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes incluyendo un esfuerzo independiente organizado en Wisconsin y el movimiento nacional del boicot de uvas empezado por Cesar Chávez de la unión de campesinos o United Farm Workers durante los años 1960 y 1970. Muchos obreros agrícolas emigrantes viajaban desde Texas hacia Wisconsin en busca de trabajo temporal en los campos.

Date Created:
1969
Creator:
Giffey, David

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Creator Giffey, David
Date Created 1969

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Collection Information

Source Collection South Madison oral history project and migrant farmworker photographs, 1966-1971, 1999-2000
Call Number 1114000072

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Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W0144UO
Legacy ID
WHi 92288

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